Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd or Rhys ap Gruffudd (c. 1283–1356), also known as 'Syr Rhys', Rhys Hen ('the elder') or Rhys Griffith, was the wealthiest nobleman...
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Rhys ap Gruffydd or ap Gruffudd (often anglicised to "Griffith"; c. 1132 – 28 April 1197) was the ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south Wales from...
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Blount, was the grandson of Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd, and through him, was a descendant of Ednyfed Fychan as well as of Lord Rhys, Prince of Wales and member...
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Rhys ap Gruffydd (c.1132–1197) was a Prince of Dehubarth in South Wales. Rhys ap Gruffydd or Rhys ap Gruffudd or anglicized as Rhys Griffith, a Welsh...
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Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132–1197), 12th-century ruler of southern Wales Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd (died 1356), 14th-century Welsh nobleman Rhys ap Gruffydd (rebel)...
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Anglesey. The eldest was Owain Goch ap Gruffudd and there were two younger brothers, Dafydd ap Gruffydd and Rhodri ap Gruffudd. Llywelyn is thought to have...
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Tudor. Rhys was the grandson of Rhys ap Thomas, the most powerful man in Wales and close ally of Henry VIII. His father, Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas,...
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Sir Gruffydd ap Rhys KG (c. 1478–1521) (also known as Griffith Ryce in some antiquarian English sources) was a Welsh nobleman. He was the son of Sir Rhys...
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important members of the Dinefwr family were Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd and Sir Rhys ap Thomas. Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd, a descendant of Ednyfed Fychan, rose to prominence...
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Sir Rhys Gruffydd (by 1513 – 30 July 1580) was the member of Parliament for the constituency of Caernarfon for the parliaments of November 1554 and 1555...
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Anarawd ap Gruffydd (died 1143) was a Prince of Deheubarth in Southwest Wales. Anarawd was the eldest son of Gruffydd ap Rhys. On the death of his father...
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Maelgwn ap Rhys (c. 1170–1230) was prince of part of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south west Wales. Maelgwn was the son of Rhys ap Gruffydd (The Lord Rhys) by...
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Ednyfed Fychan (redirect from Ednyfed Fychan ap Cynwrig)
Great, the daughter of Llywarch ap Brân. His second marriage was to Gwenllian ferch Rhys, daughter of prince Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth. Ednyfed is recorded...
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Kingdom of Powys (section Rhodri, Hywel, and Gruffydd)
after Madog the son of Gruffydd Powys Wenwynwyn, south of the Rhaeadr, after Gwenwynwyn, the son of Owain Cyfeiliog. Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth...
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Sir Gruffydd Llywd, or Gruffydd ap Rhyd ap Gruffydd ap Ednyfed (died 1335) was a Welsh nobleman notable for his involvement in quashing Roger Mortimer's...
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Gwilym ap Gruffydd was granted additional lands forfeited after the declaration of support by his first wife's uncles, Rhys ap Tudur and Gwilym ap Tudur,...
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to Sir Rhys ap Gruffudd ap Hywel ap Gruffudd ab Ednyfed Fychan, a wealthy nobleman. Amongst Einion's surviving poems is an awdl sung in praise of Sir Rhys...
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Owen Tudor (redirect from Sir Owen Tudor)
Owen was a descendant of Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132–1197), ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth, via the lineages that follow: Rhys had a daughter, Gwenllian...
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After his death his lands were granted to one of Henry's supporters, Gruffydd ap Rhys. A more detailed version of the story suggests that Llewelyn was specifically...
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brothers they were not passed to Gwilym ap Gruffydd. The rebellion ultimately failed; Rhys was executed in 1412, Gwilym ap Tudur was given a pardon in 1413,...
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passed to Gwilym ap Gruffydd, who had married Morfudd, the daughter of Goronwy ap Tudur. Rhys' death was later lamented in a poem by Gruffydd Gryg. Griffiths...
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Owain ap Gruffydd (28 May 1354 – 20 September 1415), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr (Glyn Dŵr, pronounced [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr], anglicised as Owen Glendower)...
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However, the Lord Rhys had amended Welsh law as followed in Deheubarth by nominating his second son Gruffydd ap Rhys as his heir. Gruffydd has been born in...
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Kingdom of Gwynedd (section Cadwallon ap Cadfan)
before losing their power in civil wars or invasions. The kingdom of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn—the King of Wales from 1055 to 1063—was shattered by a Saxon...
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1320–c. 1349) a bard considered to have been under the patronage of Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd, a powerful nobleman of south-west Wales. In it, he lists 24 canonical...
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daughter Angharad (such as Gruffydd ap Llywelyn), and the rulers of Morgannwg. Rhys was of Einion's line. In 1088, Gruffydd's son-in-law, and his son-in-law's...
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having six sons: Goronwy ap Tudur; Rhys ap Tudur (by Mallt); Ednyfed ap Tudur; Gwilym ap Tudur; Rhys ap Tudur (by Marged); Maredudd ap Tudur. All rose to positions...
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Bosworth Dafydd composed poems in praise of Henry, his son Arthur and to Sir Rhys ap Thomas, their leading Welsh supporter and advisor. He also composed a...
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his sons born to his second marriage to Gwenllian, daughter of king Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth; among these sons was Goronwy (died 1268), founder of...
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sons, Gruffydd Fychan (c. 1150), and Hywel ap Iorwerth He had one brother, Hywel ap Maredudd, and two half-brothers, Madog ap Maredudd and Gruffydd ap Maredudd...
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